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European Court of Human Rights rules Italy breached rights of asylum seekers returned to Greece

21 October 2014
Court rules Italy breached ECHR over indiscriminate collective expulsion of Afghan migrants, who were then deprived of access to asylum procedures in Greece

Legal Action Group reports on the 'Surprised Brits' who find they are living with irregular immigration status

20 October 2014
LAG examines people who find themselves the unintended victims of the Government's desire to create a 'hostile environment' for irregular migrants

Gail Elliman: A tribute

20 October 2014
A tribute to Gail Elliman, a long-standing Trustee and former Chair of EIN who sadly passed away yesterday

Reforms to the immigration appeals system to be phased in from 20 October

16 October 2014
James Brokenshire announces the commencement of a number of reforms to the immigration appeals system in the Immigration Act 2014

Immigration second biggest concern for voters, but reality can be very different from perception

15 October 2014
Guardian/ICM and Ipsos MORI polls find the public view immigration as second most important issue in deciding how to vote

New report examines the problems of the use of detention for immigration purposes

10 October 2014
Detention Action releases in-depth report which seeks to understand the key problems of the detention system

Detention Action's appeal to suspend the Detained Fast Track system is dismissed by Court of Appeal

09 October 2014
Following earlier High Court judgment, Court of Appeal refuses to suspend the Detained Fast Track (DFT) system for asylum applicants

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford baffled by Government's hostile student visa system

08 October 2014
Professor Andrew Hamilton asks why Government policy is limiting one of the UK's most effective generators of overseas revenue

Home Office to share immigration data with Ireland under new Memorandum of Understanding

07 October 2014
UK and Ireland to exchange immigration information and new British-Irish Visa Scheme to allow visitors to travel to both countries on a single visa

Conservatives' British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities will break formal link between British courts and ECtHR

03 October 2014
Conservative Party announces proposals to repeal Human Rights Act and end pre-eminence of ECtHR judgments

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